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> The number of files with names like “Report Final Final draft v3.docx” is truly staggering. iirc this was the original pitch for Dropbox > “Git for everythi
by Swizec 5y ago
> The number of files with names like “Report Final Final draft v3.docx” is truly staggering.
iirc this was the original pitch for Dropbox
> “Git for everything“ would be a multi-billion dollar startup easily.
Dropbox is valued at 8.5 billion
- ovao 5y agoDropbox version history is limited to 30 days (free plan) or 180 days (paid plan)[1]. I like Dropbox, but for documents, 30 days worth of version history is not fantastic. [1]: https://help.dropbox.com/files-folders/restore-delete/version-history-overview https://help.dropbox.com/files-folders/restore-delete/versio...
- squeaky-clean 5y agoThe original pitch was "throw away your usb drive", I don't think file history came about until after 2010, but I'm not too sure and modern Google makes it impossible to find anything older than 2 years ago... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863
- slightwinder 5y agoIt's not that hard to search for old content on google. Just limit the year in the search filter. Anyway, I found mentions of this feature up to 2008 back. I guess it was there since mostly the beginning. From Sep 15, 2008: https://www.maketecheasier.com/dropbox-backs-up-and-syncs-files-from-your-desktop/ https://www.maketecheasier.com/dropbox-backs-up-and-syncs-fi...